Tile

[taɪl]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) a flat thin rectangular slab (as of fired clay or rubber or linoleum) used to cover surfaces.

(noun.) game equipment consisting of a flat thin piece marked with characters and used in board games like Mah-Jong, Scrabble, etc..

(noun.) a thin flat slab of fired clay used for roofing.

(verb.) cover with tiles; 'tile the wall and the floor of the bathroom'.

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解釋/意思:

(v. t.) To protect from the intrusion of the uninitiated; as, to tile a Masonic lodge.

(n.) A plate, or thin piece, of baked clay, used for covering the roofs of buildings, for floors, for drains, and often for ornamental mantel works.

(n.) A small slab of marble or other material used for flooring.

(n.) A plate of metal used for roofing.

(n.) A small, flat piece of dried earth or earthenware, used to cover vessels in which metals are fused.

(n.) A draintile.

(n.) A stiff hat.

(v. t.) To cover with tiles; as, to tile a house.

(v. t.) Fig.: To cover, as if with tiles.

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解釋/意思:

n. a piece of baked clay used for covering roofs floors &c.: a tube or pipe of baked clay used in drains: (slang) a tall cylindrical silk hat.—v.t. to cover with tiles: to drain by means of tiles: to secure against the intrusion of unauthorised persons by placing a person at the door of a lodge or close meeting.—ns. Tī′ler one who makes or who lays tiles: the keeper of the door in a Freemasons' lodge—also Ty′ler; Tile′-red a brownish-red the colour of baked tiles; Tī′lery a place where tiles are made; Tile′-stone a tile: (pl. geol.) the uppermost group of the Silurian period consisting of a reddish thin-bedded slightly micaceous sandstone; Tī′ling a roof of tiles: tiles in general.—Dutch tiles enamelled earthenware tiles usually blue with scriptural subjects for chimney pieces &c.

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